An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Principal Conclusion: AIP is a rare but highly treatable cause of nausea, vomiting, and altered mental status in adolescents. Due to its symptomatologic overlap with more common conditions like cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and eating disorders, it is easily missed. Thus, a high index of suspicio...
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| description | Principal Conclusion: AIP is a rare but highly treatable cause of nausea, vomiting, and altered mental status in adolescents. Due to its symptomatologic overlap with more common conditions like cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and eating disorders, it is easily missed. Thus, a high index of suspicion is required to obtain an AIP diagnosis and initiate treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a9ce2b6b6da4f3fbcbe526bcabbb1c12025-08-20T03:28:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-68382025-01-01202510.1155/crps/8875138An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent PorphyriaBrooke Gertz0Mark Mullen1Tony Pesavento2Department of PsychiatryDepartment of PsychiatryDepartment of Behavioral HealthPrincipal Conclusion: AIP is a rare but highly treatable cause of nausea, vomiting, and altered mental status in adolescents. Due to its symptomatologic overlap with more common conditions like cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and eating disorders, it is easily missed. Thus, a high index of suspicion is required to obtain an AIP diagnosis and initiate treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/crps/8875138 |
| spellingShingle | Brooke Gertz Mark Mullen Tony Pesavento An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent Porphyria Case Reports in Psychiatry |
| title | An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent Porphyria |
| title_full | An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent Porphyria |
| title_fullStr | An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent Porphyria |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent Porphyria |
| title_short | An Adolescent Female With Disordered Eating and Cannabis Use Found to Have Acute Intermittent Porphyria |
| title_sort | adolescent female with disordered eating and cannabis use found to have acute intermittent porphyria |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/crps/8875138 |
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